Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-21

handsome and plentifully supplied with
money. The young woman told a tale
about the loss by death of all her near reia-
| tlVes In explanation of her lack of any es-
cort whatever on her travels, and so won
her way into the confidence of the Ken
tucklans that she was welcomed as
travelling companion. A strong friend
snip between the three ladies fol-
lowed, and two or three weeks af-
| Ter tne hentucKians returned to
tneir home In the Blue Grass State
their travelling friend became their guest.
After while strange stores regarding
the parentage of the beautiful stranger
began TO be talked about, but OF course,
ala not reach the ears of her hostess
until the country was ringing with the
astounding report that in her veins was
the taint OF negro blood. When the story
| Irst reached them, neither mother nor
daughter gave it any credence, as there
was nothing in the appearance of their
guest TO substantiate it. Fiually, how
ever, 1t came from such reliable source
1 That IT was no longer possible to doubt,
and In her anxiety and distress the
| mother wrote to clergyman in Albany,
which city the girl claimed as her birth
place, and requested an exact statement
AS to the truth or falsity of the report
affecting the status of her guest. When
the reply Was received, it confirmed the
story, and said that while the girl's
mother was white woman and legally
married TO her father, he was a mulatto,
tue proprietor of large hotel in that
city. The knowledge Of her parentage
was no secret there and the young
girl, had, of course, been fully
aware of the duplicity of her
conduct. not only in thrusting
herself upon the lady and her daughter
while abroad, but in subsequently &C
cepting their invitation to visit them at
their home. The denouement was har-
rowing to all concerned, but fortunately
! brief, for in very short time after the ar
rival OF the letter from Albany the girl
packed her trunks and silently stole
| away. What new romance the dashing
widows career in Washington this
season develops remains to be seen.
CLAIM FROM SAVANNAH.
| The neglect Of the House to give the
| private calendar proper attention works
Injustice to many deserving claimants.
Many of the bills on the private calendar,
of course, present claims which are un-
just, but nevertheless there is a very
large number of just ones in the pile.
Among the claims awaiting action in
| which Savannah is interested is that of
MIR. Ginesl. He was an Italian officer, on
the staff Of Garibaldi, and in
1861 married an American girl
who was wintering abroad.
After his marriage he resigned
his commission and emigrated to the
United States. He took up his residence
at Savannah, Ga, just at the end of the
war. Here he represented his father-in-
law, who was merchant in New York,
having large Southern interests. Ginesi
| concluded to go into business for himself,
and directed his representatives in Italy
to dispose OF his estate. With the pro-
ceeds be purchased $1S, 900 worth of wines,
| brandIes, olives and such goods, and
ordered them shipped to Savannah.
| Instead of that they were shipped via
New York and were placed in the bonded
warehouse, and there they remained for
| six months, when GineSi was notified to
| pay the duty on them or to withdraw
them for export. He at once wrote. the
New York Collector that the destination
OF his goods was Savannah, and not New
York, and requested that they be
shipped TO their last destination,
which was done. On the arrival OF the
goods in Savannah they were regauged
and found to contain ITO gallons less
| brandy out of twenty casks than the
gauge in New York called for. OF the con-
| signment of the claret forty-One cases
were found to have been tampered with.
| He offered payment for tue amount of
duty upon the actual numb ber of gallons
I anu CdSeS vi Wlue IcC6lFeu, db buOWu ny
the gauger at Savannah, but the collector
there refused TO take anything less than
the duty assessed by the collector at New
| York. Ginesi withdrew all his brandy
and wine which was intact, and refused
to pay duty on the brandy which had
been aDstracted. He tried for two or
three years to secure redress from the
| Treasury Department. Finally, three
years after the original receipt of the
goods in Savannah, they were sold at auc-
tion for the amount OF customs charged
against them. That was nearly fifteen
years ago. The government realized be-
sides the duty some $4,000 from the sale Of
that consignment. For fifteen years this
gentleman has been unsuccessiully try
ing to get the United States to pay him
the money received from the sale of his
goods in excess of the charges. Now he
has determined to try his luck on new
tack. He will take advantage OF his Ital-
ian birth and endeavor to interest the
Italian Minister in his case. If he sue
ceeds in that he will probably get his
money in a comparatively short time.